Monsef Bakrar

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Monsef Bakrar
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Bakrar with New York City FC in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-01-13) 13 January 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth Sétif, Algeria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Dinamo Zagreb
Number 71
Youth career
ES Sétif
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2022 ES Sétif 38 (9)
2022–2023 Istra 1961 31 (8)
2023–2025 New York City FC 59 (9)
2025– Dinamo Zagreb 1 (0)
International career‡
2022 Algeria U23 4 (1)
2024– Algeria 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 August 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 June 2024

Monsef Bakrar (born 13 January 2001) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Croatian Football League club GNK Dinamo Zagreb and the Algeria national team.

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Club career

On 20 July 2022, Bakrar signed a one-year contract with Istra. [1] On 11 July 2023, Bakrar signed a 3+1⁄2-year deal with Major League Soccer side New York City FC. [2]

On 1 August 2025, Bakrar returned to Croatia, signing a multi-year contract with Dinamo Zagreb. [3] [4]

International career

Bakrar made his debut for the senior Algeria national team on 22 March 2024, in a friendly against Bolivia. [5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 August 2025 [6]
Appearances and goals by club, season, and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
ES Sétif 2020–21 Algerian Ligue 1 173—3 [b] 1—204
2021–22 Algerian Ligue 1216—9 [c] 0—306
Total389—121—5010
Istra 1961 2022–23 Croatian Football League 31820——338
New York City FC 2023 MLS 103——3 [d] 1134
2024 MLS28400—7 [e] 0354
2025 MLS21210——222
Total59910—1017010
Dinamo Zagreb 2025–26 Croatian Football League 100000—10
Career total129263012110115428
  1. ↑ Includes Croatian Cup, U.S. Open Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in CAF Confederation Cup
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in CAF Champions League
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in Leagues Cup
  5. ↑ Four appearances in Leagues Cup, three appearances in MLS Cup playoffs

International

As of match played 10 June 2024 [7]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Algeria 202440
Total40

References

  1. ↑ Amine B (20 July 2022). "Mercato : Bakrar (ES Sétif) signe en Croatie" (in French). DZFoot. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  2. ↑ FC, New York City. "New York City Football Club Signs Algerian Forward Mounsef Bakrar". New York City FC.
  3. ↑ and Andrew Leigh (1 August 2025). "Mounsef Bakrar departs NYCFC to join Dinamo Zagreb". Hudson River Blue. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "Mounsef Bakrar novi igrač Dinama". gnkdinamo.hr (in Croatian). 8 January 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Algeria v Bolivia game report". ESPN. 22 March 2024.
  6. ↑ Monsef Bakrar at Soccerway
  7. ↑ Monsef Bakrar at National-Football-Teams.com
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